Sunday, 1 May 2016

Libraries all over the country are under threat of closure, or downscaling. I was fortunate lately to be asked to read poetry at one of several benefit events for Newport Library in Pembrokeshire, which is being taken over and run by a group of very enthusiastic volunteers in the local community.

This is one of the poems I wrote for the event.Libraries are not only about books, of course, many in rural areas such as ours are true centres of community.